Joseph kintz



J. KINTZ. Hanging-Lamp.

No. 224,44 I Patented Feb. 10. 1880.

WITNESSES z/Af INVENTOR RNEYS.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH KINTZ, OF WEST MERI-DEN ,oonnnorrenr, Assienon TO HIMSELF- ANDPARTRIOK J. CLARK, SAME PLACE.

HANGING-LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,443, dated February 10, 1880. l

' 'Application filed October 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH KLNTZ,-0f West Meriden, in the county of New -Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hanging Lamps, of whichthe following is a specification.

My improvements relate to hanging 'or library lamp fixtures; and the invention consists in a novel construction of clamping-rings for holding the shade, and in the manner of fitting the stops that arrest the movement of the lamp in raising it.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a hanging lamp fitted with my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cro wn-ring by which the lamp'is suspended.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the frame carrying the fount-holdera. Upon the upper end of frame A the shade ring 11 is attached by screws 0, and to the ring I) the crown-ring d is attached by screws and nuts 6. f f are the chains connected to ring d and carrying the weight g, as usual.

The shade-ring b is formed with a depending flange flaring outwardly to receive the upper endof the glass shade, as shown by dotted lines, and the flange of ring I) is fitted with rubber tips or projections I), attached in holes by cement, or in any other desired manner, on which the shade rests, the rubber serving to prevent the shade from breaking.

The lower portion of the ring (1 is'made of a shape and size to fit ever the shade outside the ring b, and may rest directly on the shade or upon the upper edge of the ring b, so that when the rings b d are attached together by the screws 6 they will be firmly, connected, with space left between them for the shade. The upper portion of the ring 01 is made of ornamental form.

Upon the chains f, next to the crown-ring d, are attached metal stops h, faced with elastic material, against which the weight g strikes as the weight and ring (I come together in raising the lamp. There are one or more links of the chain between the under side of the stops and the ring d, so that the chain may yield below the stops as the weight strikes, instead of there being a dead stop, and thereby lessen the risk of breaking the shade by the shock.

By the above-described construction the shade may be readily placed and will be firmly and safely held. The shade-ring may be used,

if desired, without the rubber tips.

By placing thestops upon the chain in the manner shown and described, instead of upon the ring or weight, the risk of damage by careless handling is greatly lessened.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent I-n hanging-lamp fixtures, the flanged shadering b and crown-ring d, connected together and with the fount-holding frame A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' JOSEPH KINTZ.

Witnesses:

A. L. JUDD,

UHAs. WM. MANN. 

